“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” - Philippians 4:13

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

'Tis the season for gingerbread

(My younger brother eating our completed gingerbread house - 2006 )

I love making gingerbread houses. It's so fun to make every little detail you can on the house out of candy: icicles, doorways, windows, shingles, ect. My younger brother and I made the gingerbread house in the picture really sloppy and funny, so our family could eat it straight afterwards. It was a very interesting house. ;:/

This gingerbread house was made a few years ago and it was the greatest my family had ever made. We really enjoyed making it.

Not only did we use white frosting for snow, but also powdered sugar to give it a powdery effect :) . We used upside-down ice cream cones for fir trees, and made a path of sprinkles bordered by gumdrops.

I believe it was my younger brother's idea to cover a gingerbread man with frosting to make him look like a snowman. :)

In addition, we used a fork to pull down the frosting off of the roof's edges to make icicles. A tuft of cotten was used for the chimney's smoke, and a frozen pond completed the cute little scene.

I think that out of the three catagories: making the house, looking at it, or eating it, I would have to say that making the house together as a family is the most rewarding.